Land of Vines
The settlement of Þorfinnur Karlsefni and his wife Guðríður in America, which lasted for three years at the beginning of the 11th century, was the most ambitious effort made by Icelanders and Greenlanders to establish a permanent Nordic settlement there. But they failed. Why? The one-act play Land of Vines uses the old accounts of these historical events in the Icelandic sagas to give us an impression of the Icelanders' relations with the indigenous people, the Native Americans. Nobody knows for sure whether the settlement was in what is now Canada, or what is now the USA, but some scholars maintain that these events took place on the headland where the East River meets the Hudson River, the place where the greatest city in the western world, New York, later grew up. The play was awarded third prize in a contest for one-act plays held by the Akureyri Theatre Company in the year 2000; it requires five actors, three women and two men. Estimated play time: c. 50 minutes. The play was translated into English by Anna Yates.

Nýja Ísland
Seint í október 1875 siglir dráttarbátur norður Winnepegvatn í Kanada og dregur á eftir sér sex flatbytnur sem hvorki hafa segl né vélarafl. Í þeim er hópur um tvö hundruð Íslendingar á leið til fyrirheitna landsins, Nýja Íslands, eftir mikla hrakninga frá því hópurinn fór frá Íslandi rúmu ári áður. Farið er að hvessa og kólna. Forystumenn Íslendinganna segja skipstjóranum að enn sé margra tíma sigling í áfangastað og honum líst ekkert á blikuna. Þrjár persónur, skipstjórinn, fararstjóri Íslendinganna og ung íslensk kona sem komin er á steypirinn bregða upp mynd af aðstæðum og áformum ferðalanganna. Áætlaður leiktími þessa einþáttungs er um 30 mínútur. Anna Yates þýddi leikinn á ensku.

New Iceland
Late in October 1875 the tugboat Colville is sailing on Lake Winnipeg in Canada, towing six barges without sails or engine, that carry a group of two hundred Icelanders who are on their way to their promised land, New Iceland, after having suffered great hardships on their journey from Iceland. The wind is rising and the temperature has dropped. The leaders of the Icelandic group tell the captain that they still have to sail for many hours to reach their destination. The captain is uneasy. Three characters -  the captain, the leader of the Icelandic group and a young Icelandic woman, close to delivery of her baby - give us a picture of the group's intentions and ideals. Estimated play time: c. 30 minutes. The play was translated into English by Anna Yates.